Are Online Friends Real Friends?
B1 · Pronunciation: Intonation for lists · Friendship and Social Life
My Friend on the Screen
We MET‿online in JANuary
and GOT‿on from the START.
She LIVES in BraZIL, I LIVE by the SEA —
an OCean keeps us aPART.
We FELL‿out ONCE in MARCH
aBOUT a SILly JOKE,
but we MADE‿up the NEXT MORNing,
the MOMent that she SPOKE.
Some people ASK, “Oh, REALly? ↗
A FRIEND you’ve never SEEN?”
And SOME just SAY, “Hmm… MAYbe… ↘”
But she’s the BEST friend on my SCREEN.
Sample questions (6 questions)
- In fast speech, how do we usually say “get on with”?
- “ge-to-nwith” — the words link together
- three separate words with pauses
- “get” only
- Listen. Is Tom interested or doubtful when he says “Online friends… maybe”?
- doubtful — falling, slow voice
- very excited
- angry
- Listen to the class discussion. What is Rosa’s main point?
- Online friends can be real friends if you share something important.
- Online friends are never real.
- Only school friends matter.
Answers and hints from Migo appear when you do it online.